WTAE viewers share photos from the solar eclipse

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WTAE viewers share photos from the solar eclipse

MARYLAND PLANETARY SCIENCE AND SOME TERMINOLOGY THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT SHOULD BE HEADING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SOMETHING CALLED SYZYGY. WHAT IS THAT? WELL, SYZYGY DOESN’T COME UP IN ORDINARY LIFE ALL THAT OFTEN, BUT THAT’S JUST WHEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS IN SPACE THAT FORM A LINE. SO IN SOME SENSE YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE IT BECAUSE THE THINGS ARE BEHIND EACH OTHER. BUT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A SYZYGY OF THE MOON AND THE SUN BECAUSE THEY’RE COMING TOGETHER IN OUR SKY NOW. THEY’RE NOT IN THE SAME PLACE, BUT THEY’RE ON A LINE. AND THAT LINE IS BETWEEN THE SUN, THE MOON, AND US. AND WHEN EVERYTHING LINES UP AND IF THE CLOUDS BREAK UP, WE’LL SEE BAILY’S BEADS AND A CORONA. WHAT ARE THESE THINGS? AND WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BEER. WE’RE NOT. SO FIRST OF ALL, THE UMBRA. WE WILL BE IN THE UMBRA. THE DARKEST PART OF THE SUN’S SHADOW. UH, AS THE MOON GETS IN FRONT OF THE SUN. WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU SEE BAILY’S BEADS. THE MOON HAS MOUNTAINS AND AS IT COVERS UP THE SUN, THE LAST LITTLE BITS OF SUNLIGHT IN BETWEEN THOSE MOUNTAINS ARE WHAT WE SEE AS BAILY’S BEADS. THEY WILL JUST BE LITTLE BITS OF SUN ALONG THE EDGE. THE MOUNTAINS ARE TOO SMALL FOR US TO SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH BETWEEN THOSE MOUNTAINS. AND THAT’S WHAT BAILY’S BEADS ARE. AND THEN WHAT WAS IT? OH, CORONA. CORONA. THE SUN HAS A HUGE EXTENDED ATMOSPHERE OF SUPER HOT GAS. ACTUALLY, IT’S WHAT WE CALL A PLASMA, UH, MEANING IT’S A FOURTH STATE OF MATTER THAT PEOPLE DON’T ENCOUNTER IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. UH, EXCEPT IN SOMETHING LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT. UM, IT IS WHERE THE GAS HAS BEEN BROKEN UP BY ENERGETIC EVENTS. AND SO YOU’VE GOT IONS AND ELECTRONS. THE SUN’S PLASMA, THE SUN’S CORONA IS MILLIONS OF DEGREES IN WHATEVER TEMPERATURE SYSTEM YOU CHOOSE AND HAS HUGE STREAMERS OF MATERIAL GOING OUT INTO SPACE. AND THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN JUST DIRECTLY SEE IT IS DURING AN ECLIPSE, BECAUSE THE SUN IS TOO DARN BRIGHT, IT COVERS UP THE SUN, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CORONA EVEN WITH THE ECLIPSE. WELL, THE SOLAR VIEWING GLASSES WERE HANDING OUT. THEY MAKE THE SUN DIM ENOUGH FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THAT MEANS THAT THE CORONA IS WAY TOO DIM FOR YOU TO SEE IT ANYMORE. WE REALLY NEED SOMETHING TO JUST BLOCK OUT THE SUN. THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CORONA. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION WHEN WE GET TO TOTALITY, PEOPLE VIEWING CAN EXPERIENCE SOME EVENTS OF THEIR OWN ON THE GROUND, LIKE MAYBE A DROP IN TEMPERATURE. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE INSTANT NIGHTTIME. SO WHATEVER ANIMALS DO AT NIGHT, THEY’LL START DOING OR WHATEVER THEY STOP DOING WHEN THE DAY ENDS, THEY’LL STOP DOING. SO. IT’S NOTHING WEIRD. IT’S JUST WEIRD AT THAT TIME OF DAY. BUT THE REASON I KEEP SAYING EVERYTHING, WELL, YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO AND ALL THAT IS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND I REALLY WANT TO. WHICH IS WHY I’M HERE. I MEAN, IT’S GREAT TO SHARE IT ALL WITH. BUT FORGET THE REST OF YOU. I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MYSELF YET, AND I WANT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, AS DO I. I’VE NEVER SEEN ONE AS WELL, JUST A PARTIAL ONE IN PITTSBURGH A FEW YEARS AGO, BACK IN 2017. SO WE’RE HOPING FOR A SPECTACULAR CONDITIONS AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. WHATEVER. WHAT EVERYONE TELLS ME IS YOUR PARTIAL, MY PARTIAL, THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE I’VE SEEN LAST YEAR DOESN’T EVEN BEGIN TO TOUCH THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. SO FINGERS CROSSED, FINGERS CROSSED. INDEED, WE’LL

WTAE viewers share photos from the solar eclipse

Pittsburghers caught a partial solar eclipse Monday, while Erie saw a rush of people come in to witness a total eclipse.Viewers have been sharing their photos from the day with WTAE. Take a look in the gallery below! Did you get some photos of Monday’s solar eclipse in the Pittsburgh or Erie areas? We want to see them!Share your photos by messaging us on our social media channels or posting through our uLocal page on Facebook. You can also message [email protected]. Be sure to let us know where you were viewing from!

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburghers caught a partial solar eclipse Monday, while Erie saw a rush of people come in to witness a total eclipse.

Viewers have been sharing their photos from the day with WTAE. Take a look in the gallery below!

Did you get some photos of Monday’s solar eclipse in the Pittsburgh or Erie areas? We want to see them!

Share your photos by messaging us on our social media channels or posting through our uLocal page on Facebook. You can also message [email protected].

Be sure to let us know where you were viewing from!

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